PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Extraversion And Introversion, Thought Criminals, Juvenile Delinquency

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2400
• Professor: Adelle Forth

Document Summary

First person used to testify using psychology in court. Eye witnesses were being questioned and this dr testified in favour of the defence. He believes that because they read about the story in the media their memories were altered. They were regurgitating what they read in the media and not what they actually saw. Wanted to know can children report what they see accurately. He went to primary schools and showed children a board with 5 objects. He would then hide it and ask them what they saw. Free recall with children creates the most accurate response. Young children assume that authority figures always know the right answer. Stern wondered how valid research in a lab was compared to a real environment. Reality experiment: in a class teaching with two confederates. The confederates would get into an argument, then one of them pulled out a pistol and started waving it around.